IP Library › Granted Patent US 10,483,823
Granted Patent B2
US 10,483,823 · App. 15/936,528 · Granted Nov 19, 2019

Electric actuator

Inventors: Yutaka Uematsu (Zama, JP); Kazumi Shinkai (Zama, JP); Shuichi Kinjo (Zama, JP)
Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
H02K5/225F16H1/32F16H57/02H02K7/116H02K11/215H02K11/33H02K11/38F16H2001/325F16H2057/02034H02K2211/03
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Patent No.
US 10,483,823
App. No.
15/936,528
Granted
Nov 19, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electric actuator includes a motor, a speed reduction mechanism, a case, an output portion, a first board, a rotation detection device that detects rotation of the output portion, a connector portion, a first wiring member electrically connected to electrical wiring via the connector portion, and a second wiring member electrically connected to the rotation detection device. The case includes a first case and a second case. The first board is accommodated in the first case. The rotation detection device is accommodated in the second case. The first wiring member includes a first connecting portion held in the first case. The second wiring member includes a second connecting portion held in the second case. The first connecting portion is exposed on one side in the axial direction of the first case. The second connecting portion is exposed on the other side in the axial direction of the second case.

Claims (55)

1. An electric actuator comprising:

a motor that has a motor shaft extending in an axial direction;

a speed reduction mechanism disposed on an outer side in a radial direction of a portion on one side of the motor shaft in the axial direction and connected to the motor shaft;

a case that accommodates the motor and the speed reduction mechanism;

an output portion to which rotation of the motor shaft is transmitted via the speed reduction mechanism;

a first board electrically connected to the motor;

a rotation detection device that detects rotation of the output portion;

a connector portion provided in the case and connected to electrical wiring outside the case;

a first wiring member electrically connected at least indirectly to the electrical wiring via the connector portion; and

a second wiring member electrically connected to the rotation detection device,

wherein the case includes

a first case provided with the connector portion and including a first opening portion which opens on the one side in the axial direction, and

a second case including a second opening portion which opens on the other side in the axial direction,

the first board is accommodated in the first case,

the rotation detection device is accommodated in the second case,

an end portion on the one side in the axial direction of the first case and an end portion on the other side in the axial direction of the second case are fixed to each other in a state where the first opening portion and the second opening portion are opposed to each other in the axial direction,

the first wiring member includes a first connecting portion held in the first case,

the second wiring member includes a second connecting portion held in the second case,

the first connecting portion is exposed on the one side of the first case in the axial direction,

the second connecting portion is exposed on the other side of the second case in the axial direction, and

the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion are disposed at positions overlapping in the axial direction in a state where the first case and the second case are fixed to each other, and are electrically connected to each other.

2. The electric actuator according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first wiring member includes a first bus bar, and

the second wiring member includes a second bus bar electrically connected to the first bus bar.

3. The electric actuator according to claim 2 ,

wherein at least one of the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion is a joint member that connects the first bus bar and the second bus bar to each other.

4. The electric actuator according to claim 3 ,

wherein the joint member is fixed to the case.

5. The electric actuator according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first case includes a first recessed portion recessed from the one side in the axial direction to the other side in the axial direction, and

the first connecting portion protrudes into the first recessed portion from an inner side surface of the first recessed portion.

6. The electric actuator according to claim 5 ,

wherein the second case includes a second recessed portion recessed from the other side in the axial direction to the one side in the axial direction, and

the second connecting portion protrudes into the second recessed portion from an inner side surface of the second recessed portion.

7. The electric actuator according to claim 5 , further comprising:

a sensor attached to the first board and that detects the rotation of the motor.

8. The electric actuator according to claim 5 ,

wherein the first board is a control board that controls a current to be supplied to the motor.

9. The electric actuator according to claim 5 ,

wherein the first wiring member is electrically connected to the first board.

10. The electric actuator according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first case includes a case tubular portion having a cylindrical shape and including the first opening portion,

the connector portion includes a terminal that electrically connects the first board and the electrical wiring to each other, and protrudes radially outward from the case tubular portion, and

at least a portion of the first wiring member is disposed at a position overlapping the connector portion in the axial direction.

11. The electric actuator according to claim 10 ,

wherein the first wiring member includes

a first extending portion that extends in the radial direction, and

a second extending portion that extends from an outer end of the first extending portion in the radial direction to the one side in the axial direction and is connected to the first connecting portion, and

the second extending portion is disposed at a position overlapping the connector portion in the axial direction.

12. The electric actuator according to claim 11 ,

wherein at least one of the first wiring member and the second wiring member is partially embedded and held in the case.

13. The electric actuator according to claim 12 ,

wherein the motor is held in the first case.

14. The electric actuator according to claim 13 ,

wherein the speed reduction mechanism is held in the second case.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 28, 2018
From: UEMATSU, YUTAKA; SHINKAI, KAZUMI; KINJO, SHUICHI
To: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 045370/0228 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-067262 · Mar 30, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180287455A1 · Oct 4, 2018
Cited By (1)
US 12,463,494